"The Love of Eternal Wisdom" - beginning Chapter 3

[MariaChristi]

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Before beginning Chapter 3, I’d like to repeat these important words from Chapter 2:

1. Divine Wisdom shows Himself to be the mother and source of all good and He exhorts all men to give up everything and desire Him alone. Because, as St Augustine says, “He gives Himself only to those who desire Him and seek Him with all the zeal such a lofty aim deserves.” In verses 30 and 31 divine Wisdom lists three degrees in holy living, the last of which constitutes perfection:
   (1) Listen to God with humble submission;
   (2) Act in him and through him with persevering fidelity;
   (3) Seek to acquire the light and unction you need to inspire others with that love for Wisdom which will lead them to eternal life.

One of the reasons I continue to read the words of St. Louis de Montfort is precisely because he is so steeped in God’s Word and so earnestly practiced what God taught him to preach, and to write! Let us begin Chapter 3 of “The Love of Eternal Wisdom”:

CHAPTER THREE

1. Eternal Wisdom began to manifest Himself outside the bosom of God the Father when, after a whole eternity, He made light, heaven and earth. St John tells us that everything was made through the Word, that is eternal Wisdom: “All things were made by Him” (Jn. 1:3; cf. Heb. 1:2; Col. 1:16-17). Solomon says that eternal Wisdom is the mother and maker of all things. Notice that Solomon does not call Him simply the maker of the universe but also its mother because the maker does not love and care for the work of His hands like a mother does for her child (Wisd. 7: 12,21).
2. After creating all things, eternal Wisdom abides in them to contain, maintain and renew them (Wisd. 1:7; 7:27). It was this supremely perfect beauty who, after creating the universe, established the magnificent order we find there. He it was who separated, arranged, evaluated, augmented and calculated everything. He spread out the skies; He set the sun, the moon, the stars and the planets in perfect order. He laid the foundations of the earth and assigned limits and laws to the sea and depths to the ocean. He raised mountains and gave moderation to all things even to the springs of water. Finally, He says, “I was with God and I disposed everything with such perfect precision and such pleasing variety that it was like playing a game to entertain My Father and Myself” (Prov. 8:30-31).

Come, Holy Spirit, enable us to listen and to do the Truth we hear. Grant us the light and unction we need to share your Truth, Who is Jesus, Divine Wisdom with others! Mary, Mother and Model for the Church, pray for us. Jesus we trust in You!